Jon Favreau News

Comic-Con just got even cooler. This year, fans at Comic-Con International: San Diego - and even fans who are enjoying the action from afar - can check-in on entertainment social network GetGlue to unlock one-of-a-kind stickers for Warner Bros. Television series at their Comic-Con panel sessions.And if you forget to check-in at a panel because you got caught up in the excitement of seeing The Big Bang Theory cast in person or realized after seeing Nikita's Maggie Q that looks really can kill, make like MAD's Alfred E. Neuman and say, 'What, me worry?' ... because the special Comic-Con stickers will be available each day - for the duration of the day - during the Con on GetGlue, not simply for each individual event.

NBC heads to the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con to showcase REVOLUTION, the new drama from Eric Kripke, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk and Jon Favreau.

TV powerhouses Warner Bros. Television and TV Guide Magazine have renewed their super alliance to deliver fans the ultimate must-have Comic-Con item for the third year in a row: a Warner Bros.-themed Comic-Con special edition of the magazine, featuring programming from the Studio and four sets of collectible 'flip' covers starring the casts of The Big Bang Theory, Fringe, Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries on both front and back.

Shannon Mullen, who currently stars as Sherrie in ROCK OF AGES' second national tour, has missed four performances. And the show kicked off in October 2011. She's currently proving to Chicagoans she's a tiny powerhouse with a killer voice eight times a week with the rest of the ROCK cast at Chicago's Broadway Playhouse, where the show is currently in the middle of a sit-down run through August 5.

Warner Bros. Entertainment is the key to excitement at Comic-Con! The Studio has once again created a set of limited-edition collectible hotel keycards, which will be in use at top hotels throughout the San Diego area during Comic-Con 2012.

The world's leading pop culture convention is set to begin in just over a month, and Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) will be back with a Bang at Comic-Con International: San Diego in 2012.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, JERSEY BOYS is headed to the silver screen, adapted by RED scribe John Logan. Today, Variety reports that IRON MAN director Jon Favreau is a frontrunner to helm the film.

Citytv's 2012-13 fall and mid-season prime-time schedule, showcases 9 new comedies, 4 new dramas, 1 hit reality franchise series, the acquisition of late-night's 'it' show, and the triumphant return of award-winning journalist - and fan-favourite - Katie Couric to daytime television.

E!online reports that Jon Favreau will give up his director's hat for the upcoming sequel IRON MAN 3 and instead appear in an acting capacity. The actor will reprise his role as Tony Stark's bodyguard, Happy Hogan in the film.

NBC has released a trailer for its upcoming drama series REVOLUTION. From director Jon Favreau ('Iron Man,' 'Iron Man 2') and the fertile imaginations of J.J. Abrams ('Lost,' 'Person of Interest') and Eric Kripke ('Supernatural'), comes a surprising 'what if' action-adventure series, where an unlikely hero will lead the world out of the dark.

NBC announced today an ambitious new primetime lineup for the 2012-13 primetime season that combines one of the top-quality returning lineups on television with a new fall edition of the red-hot musical competition 'The Voice' and a crop of six new scripted series in the fall and four at mid-season.

INTAR (Lou Moreno, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) presents American Jornalero, a new play written by Ed Cardona, Jr., directed by Mariana Carreño-King, opening tonight, May 7 at 8 p.m. and continuing through June 3rd only, at INTAR (500 West 52nd Street at Tenth Avenue, on the 4th Floor). The play runs 80 minutes with no intermission. See photos from the production below!

IMAX Corporation, Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Studios today announced that the epic Super Hero adventure Marvel's The Avengers will be released in the immersive IMAX 3D format in 451 digital theatres worldwide. Domestically, the film will be released in 275 theaters beginning today, May 4.

Disney announced today that Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre will present "Marvel's The Avengers" from today, May 4 through June 21, 2012.

INTAR (Lou Moreno, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) will present American Jornalero, a new play written by Ed Cardona, Jr., directed by Mariana Carreño-King, beginning performances Off-Broadway tomorrow, May 3rd, and continuing through June 3rd only, at INTAR (500 West 52nd Street at Tenth Avenue, on the 4th Floor). Opening Night is set for Monday May 7th at 8pm. The play runs 80 minutes with no intermission. See photos from the production below!

Appearing this weekend at Side Splitters Comedy Club in Tampa is JOHN CAPARULO, tonight, May 3 through May 5.

Appearing this weekend at Side Splitters Comedy Club in Tampa is JOHN CAPARULO, May 3 - 5.

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, announced today that Marvel's The Avengers, presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures, will close its 11th edition tonight, April 28. Closing night will take place at Tribeca BMCC PAC and is sponsored by BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Gin.

INTAR (Lou Moreno, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) will present American Jornalero, a new play written by Ed Cardona, Jr., directed by Mariana Carreño-King, beginning performances Off-Broadway Thursday May 3rd and continuing through June 3rd only at INTAR (500 West 52nd Street at Tenth Avenue, on the 4th Floor). Opening Night is set for Monday May 7th at 8pm. The play runs 80 minutes with no intermission.